Civil War symposium registration

The deadline to register for “An Empire in Extent: The Civil War West of the Mississippi,” a symposium sponsored by the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission and National Park Service to be held August 9-11 at the University of Arkansas Global Campus in Fayetteville, has been extended to July 27, ACWSC Chairman Tom Dupree announced today.

Topics include the vital issues that were at stake and the Civil War experiences of people living west of the Mississippi River, including Arkansas. Nationally known scholars from across the country will offer presentations on the war, life on the home front, and the experiences of the diverse peoples of the Trans-Mississippi. In addition, historians will discuss the legacy of the Civil War west of the Mississippi and its meaning today. The symposium also will include guided tours to Pea Ridge National Military Park and Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park.

Speakers will include:

* Dwight T. Pitcaithley, professor at New Mexico State University and former National Park Service chief historian

* Ernesto Chavez, professor of history at the University of Texas at El Paso

* Steven E. Woodworth, professor of history at Texas Christian University

* Daniel Sutherland, distinguished professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

* Jerry Thompson, regent’s professor at Texas A&M International University

* Wilma King, Strickland professor in African American history and culture at the University of Missouri-Columbia

* Bradley R. Clampitt, assistant professor of history at East Central University

* Carl Moneyhon, professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock

* Linda Reed, associate professor at the University of Houston * William C. Davis, professor of history at Virginia Tech

* Mary Jane Warde, independent historian.

Registration for the conference is $25, and conference registration information and a full agenda are available at http://www.arkansascivilwar150.com/symposium/.

For more information on sesquicentennial plans, visit www.arkansascivilwar150.com or e-mail acwsc@arkansasheritage.org.

The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is housed within the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program. The AHPP is the Department of Arkansas Heritage agency responsible for identifying, evaluating, registering and preserving the state’s cultural resources. Other agencies are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, the Old State House Museum, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and the Historic Arkansas Museum.